Radial velocities in open clusters (Mermilliod+, 2001)

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Clusters: Open, Stars: Giant, Radial Velocities

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We present accurate radial velocities and photoelectric UBV photometry for 73 and 57 red-giant candidates, respectively, in the intermediate-age open clusters NGC 2324, 2818, 3960 and 6259. These data confirm the membership of 47 stars, 12 of which (26% ) are spectroscopic binaries; three preliminary orbits have been determined in NGC 3960. From Washington photometry of 8 red giant members, the metallicity of NGC 6259 is found to be [Fe/H]=0.06+/-0.08. At the age of these clusters, most of the red giants are observed in the core-helium (clump) burning phase, the general morphology of which is well reproduced by theoretical models with convective overshooting. However, a number of bona fide cluster giant members are found significantly to the red of the isochrones fitting the rest of the CMD of these and a few other clusters. Some of these stars are binaries, but others seem to be single. In either case, their red colours and/or low luminosities remain unexplained by current stellar evolution theory.
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